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    Absolutely True Facts About the Pacific Tree Octopus
    Absolutely True Facts About the Pacific Tree Octopus
    Absolutely True Facts About the Pacific Tree Octopus
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    Absolutely True Facts About the Pacific Tree Octopus

    By H. L. Burke

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    There's no such thing as a Pacific Tree Octopus, and gullible is not in the dictionary. 

    Eight-year-old Liesel has compiled a list of wildlife to see during her family's vacation in Olympic National Park. When her know-it-all big brother discovers one of her "most wanted" creatures is a Pacific Tree Octopus, Liesel finds herself humiliated. 

    Liesel is not one to back down. She knows there's such a thing as the Pacific Tree Octopus, and she's going to set the perfect trap to prove it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH. L. Burke
    Release dateMar 31, 2017
    ISBN9781386711155
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      This is going to be the worst weekend ever, Liesel’s big brother Henry moaned, banging his head against the car window.

      Liesel looked up from her notepad and blinked at him. The worst? Why?

      The trees rushed past them, tall and green, a constant wall of woodsiness. It looked like the pictures in a fairy tale book, and Liesel fully expected to pass the Big Bad Wolf or the Three Bears’ cottage at any moment.

      "First things first, Mom took away all my electronics. She said her cellphone may not even work out here. Henry rolled his eyes. He was twelve, four years older than Liesel, and Mom said so plugged in it’s a wonder his fingers don’t spark."

      Liesel shrugged at this. She didn’t even own a tablet or a phone yet, though she did sometimes like to watch animal videos and fun facts on YouTube and Nat Geo.

      Secondly, it rains like two hundred inches a year in the Olympic Peninsula. By the time we get home, we’ll probably have webbed feet.

      Liesel gaped. Two hundred inches? She didn’t even think she was

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